Talking-machine.



H. B. BABSON & A. HAUG.

TALKING MACHINE.

APPLIGATION FILED JULY 17, 1909.

Patented Oct. 21, 1913.

Z a J1 3317mm? oana ama/m as I HENRY BLAKE BABSQN, 01E GHIGAQG, ELLHIGXS, .dND ANDREW HAUG, OF CALDWELL, NEW JERSEY, ASSfiiliiGES, BY hiIESlE'E ASSIGNMENTS, Ti) VICTGE TALKZNG MIL- CHINE COMMIEQ A fiflktlfifiihllfiltihl GE TALEEHG-EKAGHENE,

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, llnnnr BLAKE BAB- son and ANDREW Hans, citizens of the United States, residing, respectively, at Chicago,.in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, and Caldwell, in the county of Essex, State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Talking-Machines, of which the following is a specification.

@ur invention relates generally to talking machines and has particular reference to the mounting of the sound conveying tube connecting the reproducer and horn, and this application is a division of application, Serial No. 248,537 2, filed March Z, 1905, and renewed January 25, 1911, hearing Serial No. 604,656.

The sound conveying tube or taper arm, as it is generally known, is ordinarily mounted to permit free movement of the is producer in planes parallel and at right angles to the surface 01 the record. Many constructions heretofore produced, desi ned to provide for such movement, have con found objectionable owing to complication and the resulting cost of manufacture, the accuracy of adjustment required and liability to get out of order, the difiiculty in assembling and removing parts, etc.

The present invention is designed to overcome the objectionable features above pointed out, by producing an extremely simple and effective form of mounting, employing a minimum number of parts of inexpensive construction, so arranged as to be entirely concealed from view and capable of being assembled or taken apart by the average user of a machine without requiring the aid of a skilled workman or special tools.

A construction embodying our invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings. We wish it understood, however, that we do not limit ourselves to the exact form and arrangement of parts shown, as various changes may be made therein without departing from the spirit and scope of our invention.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a View in sid elevation with parts in section, showing invention applied to a well known type LIL talking machine. 2 is asectional view fipecification Letters E'atcnt.

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on. filed July 17, 19%. Serial 110. 503,116.

Renewed January, 25, 1M1, teriai 1t on the line 8 8 of Fig. 1, and Fig. 3 is a similar view on the line s c of Fig. 1.

Referring now to the drawings, 1 represents a portion of the cabinet-in which the motor or driving mechanism is usually contained, 2 the turn-table connected to be driven by the motor and serving as a support for the record 3. Extending outward from the cabinet, there is a bracket 1, which terminates in a sleeve like ofi' set 5, in the upper open end. of which, the horn 6 is fitted, in the usual manner. Arranged to coiipcrate with the record 3, there is a reproducer or sound-box 7, from which a sound conveying tube 8, hereinafter termed a taper arm, leads rearward and terminates in an elbow 9.

A shaped portion 10 of the elbow is fitted in the lower open end of the bracket sleeve 11 and as arranged, presents a bearing surface tangentially disposed to the bore Of'tlle sleeve, permitting free movement of the taper arm. and the reproducer carried thereby, in planesparallel and at right angles to the surface of the record.

The arm is supported in suspended relation in the bracket sleeve by means of a centrally disposed pin 12, depending from a spider 13, which may be removable or cast in part with the'sleeve, as desired, The pin is provided at its lower end witha rounded or spherical head 14 and projects upward I record.

The principle of operation as well as the many important advantages of our invention will be apparent from the foregoing description.

Having, therefore, described our. invention, We claim:

1. In a talking machine, the combination or a bracket formed in part as a tube and pIOVldGfl with an interior shoulder, a sound conveyor arranged as a continuation of said tube, and a fixed member mounted on said slimilder and supporting said sound conveyor to permit movement of said conveyor, in different planes about said fixed member as a center.

2. In talking machine, the combination of a horn, a bracket provided with a tubular portion having an interior shoulder and forming a continuation of the horn, a sound conveyor extending from the tubular portion of said bracket, and a fixed member mounted on said shoulder and supporting the sound conveyor in suspended relation, to permit movement of said conveyor in diilerent planes about said fixed member as a center. i

3. In a talking machine, the combination of a tubular bracket provided with an interior shoulder, a sound "invr er coiiperating with the said tubulai racl and forming a continuation thereof, and internal means mounted on said shoulder connecting said tubular bracket and sound conveyor in operative relation, said means being fixed with respect to said tubular portion and permitting movement of said sound conveyer in difierent planes.

at, In a talking machine, the combination of a born, a bracket supporting the horn, a sound conveying tube extending from the bracket and terminating in a reproducer, and a centrally disposed pin depending from the bracket and supporting the tube in a manner to permit movement thereof in planes at right angles to each other.

5. In a talking machine, the combination of a horn, a bracket supporting the horn, a sound conveyor extending from the bracket and terminating in a reproducer, a pin depending from the bracket and about the depending portion of which the sound conveyor has movement in planes at right angles to each other, and a spring co-acting with the pin.

6. In a talking machine, the combination of a horn, a bracket supporting the born, a sound conveyor extending from the bracket and terminating in a reproducer, a pin depending from the bracket and provided with a terminal enlargement on which the sound conveyor is supported free to move in planes at right angles to each other, and a spring cooperating with the in.

7. In a talking mac due, the combination of a box", a bracket provided with a tubular po on interiorly shouldered, a removable member supported on the shoulder and-secured in position by the horn, and a eo,souhd conveyor suspended from said removable member.

8. In a talking machine, the combination of a horn, a bracket provided with a tubular portion counter-bored to form an in terior shoulder, a spider supported on th shoulder and held in position by ti e horn, and a sound eonveyer suspended from a depending projection of the spider.

9. In a talking machine, the combination of a bracket having a tubular portion, a sound conveyor arranged as a continuation of said tubular portion, and a support for said sound conveyor mounted within said tubular portion and operatively connected tothe adjacent end of said conveyor at a point spaced from the sides of said tubular portion and said conveyer, and axially with respect thereto to permit movement of said conveyor about said support in different lanes. v

10. In a talking machine, the combination of a bracket having a tubular portion, a. sound conveyor arranged. as a continuation of said tubular portion, a sound conveyor support mounted within said tubular portion and having a portion located centrally of said tubular portion and said conveyor and spaced apart from the sides thereof to hold said conveyor in suspended relation with respect to said tubular portion and to permit movement of said conveyor about said support in diderent planes.

11. In a talking machine the combination. oi'a born, a bracket provided a to. bular portion, and a spider supported said tubular portion and secured thereto, and provided with adepending projection and a sound conveyer suspended from said projection to move in planes at right angles to each other.

12. In a talking machine, the combination of a bracket provided with a tubular portion, a tapering sound conveyor arranged as a continuation of said tubular portion, with the large end oi? said conveyer adjacent to, and communicating with, the tubular portion of said bracket, and means arranged in said tubular portion and projecting sub-. stantially axially thereof upon which the larger end of said tubular portion is hung in suspended relation to said means to permit of movement in diiierent planes.

13. In a talking machine, the combination of a tone-arm, supporting means therefor wholly inclosed by the arm, a ball carried by the support serving as a bearing on which the arm is freely movable, and means utilizing the support to limit the up and down movement of the arm to planes intersecting the vertical turning axis thereof.

14. In a talking machine, a tone-arm consisting of two sections, one fixed and the other movable, a ball serving as a bearing for and being wholly inclosed by the mov able section, and a pin and slot connection uniting and maintaining the arm sections and the bearing alined in operative relation. 4

15. In a talking machine, the combination of a sectional tone-arm, one section thereof being movable in vertical and horizontal planes, a ball wholly inolosed by the arm and arranged to provide an intervening annular passage therein for sound and means utilizing the ball as a bearing for the movable section of the arm, and supporting means for the ball, the two last named means serving to maintain the sections of the arm in almement.

V In testimony whereof, I affix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

HENRY BLAKE BABSON.

\Vitnesses GUs'rAvUs BABsoN, FREDK. BABSON. In testimony whereof, I affix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

ANDREW HAUG. lVitnesses WVALTER PUM'PHREY, M. G, CRAWFORD.

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